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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters

Person wearing Care4Calais hi-vis gilet in a forest
Care4Calais is one of the refugee NGOs to have signed the statement in what they say is an act of solidarity in the face of mounting threats. Photograph: Charlie Ermine/Care4Calais/PA

More than 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee and environmental organisations have said they are being “pressured into silence” after some received rape and death threats from far-right and anti-migrant protesters.

At least two refugee NGOs that have been supporting asylum seekers who have received notices from the Home Office that they will be forcibly removed to France under Labour’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety.

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